Resuscitating see-saw



July 9, 1957 s. BRUZENAK RESUSCITATING SEE-SAW Filed April 28. 1955 Steve Bruzenak IN V EN TOR.

BY WWW United States Patent 2,798,479 RESUSCITATING SEE-SAW Steve Bruzenak, Virginia, Minn.

Application April 28, 1955, Serial No. 504,623

8 Claims. (Cl. 12828) The present invention relates to a resuscitating see-saw and more particularly relates to an improvement in resuscitating see-saws of the type set forth in Patent No. 2,683,452, issued to Anthony F. McCavic on July 13, 1954.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a resuscitating see-saw construction with an appara tus for using the Emerson hip lift method of resuscitation therewith.

Basically, the invention comprises a patient carrier adapted to be pivoted on supports intermediate its ends to form a see-saw whereby the patient may be rocked to and fro by pivotally actuating the see-saw. Additionally, the see-saw structure is provided with a device for engaging the abdominal region of the patient'carried on the carrier which coacts with the rocking of the see-saw to elevate the patients hips as the patients head is raised and to lower the patients hips as the patients head is lowered in conjunction with the operation of the see-saw.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the resuscitating apparatus constituting the invention in operation;

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the apparatus in its storage position;

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view through the central portion of the patient carrier; and

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the see-saw attachment for combining the Emerson hip lift method with the see-saw method resuscitation.

In the drawing, there is shown a support made of a pair of spaced, parallel upstanding standards having ground engaging base plates 12 intermediate the upper and lower ends thereof and having pointed lower end portions 14 for penetrating the ground surface supporting the same. The upper ends of the standards serve as the fulcrum for a resuscitating see-saw 16.

The resuscitating see-saw 16 is a patient carrier and consists of elongated tubular side members 18 interconnected by a patient carrier platform 22 which may be of fabric or of the same material as the side members 18. The end portions 20 of the side members 18 project beyond the ends of the patient carrier platform 22 and serve as handles for rocking the see-saw when the same is in operative position as shown in Figure 1.

To store the see-saw, the tubular side members 18 simply fit over the upstanding standards 10, being telescopically received thereover as will be noted particularly in Figure 2 with the ends thereof abutting the base plates 12.

Midway between the ends thereof and opening into the undersurface thereof the side members 18 are provided with apertures 24. The apertures 24 somewhat loosely receive the upper ends of the standards 10 of the 2,798,479 Patented July 9, IQSZ 'ice patient carrier 26 which is removed from its rest position to its operative position shown in Figure l and the upper ends of the standards engage the socket members 30 formed within the tubular members 18.

As described, the apparatus is essentially equivalent to that of the McCavic patent.

However, the present structure has a further apparatus 32 for using the Emerson hip lift method of resuscitation with the see-saw method.

This apparatus consists of a U-shaped member 48 that has a bight portion 34 and parallel legs 36 with outwardly or laterally projecting ends 38. The ends 38 are attached to collars 40 by being fitted in apertures 42 that are in the side walls of the collars. The collars 40 are slidably mounted on standards 10.

The legs 36'of the U-shaped member project through suitable apertures 50 through the patient carrier platform 22. The apertures 50 are transversely spaced on the carrier platform 22 adjacent the side rails 18, the apertures 50 being spaced longitudinally from the midportion of the patient carrier so that they are more closely adjacent one end of the patient carrier than the other. The bight portion 34 of the U-shaped member 48 is disposed above the patient receiving surface of the see-saw 26 whereas the collars 40 are disposed on the opposite surface of the see-saw.

Pivotally carried by the bight portion 34 is an elongated transversely arcuate plate 52, the plate having longi tudinally spaced strap elements 54 depending from the undersurface thereof and rotatably received on the bight portion 34.

Ordinarily, when the see-saw 26 is in storage position on standards 10 as shown in Figure 2, the plate 52 lies flat against the one surface of the platform 22 of the see-saw whereas the legs 36 lie flat against the opposite surface of the see-saw and extend toward the lower end of the see-saw as shown in Figure 2. Suitable clips 56 secured to the undersurface of the patient carrying platform 22 against which the legs 36 lie clamp the legs to the undersurface, the legs being slightly resilient for movement into and out of frictional engagement between the clips and the undersurface of the carrier 22.

To utilize the resuscitating see-saw 26 in the manner shown in Figure 1, the see-saw is lifted from the standards 10. Then, the legs 36 are removed from the clips 56 and allowed to swing freely and the collars 40 telescope over the standards 10 before the upper ends of the standards 10 are inserted into the apertures 24 in the side members 18 of the patient carrier 26.

To resuscitate a patient, the patient is placed on the platform 22 as shown in Figure 1. As the platform is swung toward the right as shown in Figure 1, the patients hips are raised by engagement with the plate 52 in the abdominal region thereof as the collars 40 engage base plates 12 which constitute stops for the collars 40. As the see-saw is swung in the opposite direction, the hips of the patient are lowered relative to the rest of the body of the patient inasmuch as the plate 52 again abuts the surface of the platform 22 causing the collars 40 to ride up the standards 10.

When it is desired to then collapse the apparatus for storage, the see-saw 26 is removed from the standards 10 and then the collars 40 removed from the standards 10, folded into place on the platform 22 and the see-saw upended and telescoped over the standards 10 as shown in Figure 2.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A resuscitating see-saw comprising a support which has a fulcrum, a patient carrier rockably supported intermediate its ends on said fulcrum, means coacting with said support and said carrier for raising and lowering the hips of a patient on the carrier in conjunction with rocking motion of the carrier.

2. A resuscitating see-saw comprising a fulcrum, a support which has a patient carrier rockably supported intermediate its ends on said fulcrum, means coacting with said support and said carrier for raising and lowering the hips of a patient on the carrier in conjunction with rocking motion of the carrier, said hip raising means being disposed above said patient carrier.

3. A resuscitating see-saw comprising a support which has a fulcrum, a patient carrier rockably supported intermediate its ends on said fulcrum, means coacting with said support and said carrier for raising and lowering the hips of a patient on the carrier in conjunction with rocking motion of the carrier, said hip raising means being disposed above said patient carrier and pivotally attached below the fulcrum of said support.

4. A resuscitating see-saw comprising a support which has a fulcrum, a patient carrier rockably supported intermediate its ends on said fulcrum, means coacting with said support and said carrier for raising and lowering the hips of a. patient on the carrier in conjunction with rocking motion of the carrier, said hip raising means being disposed above said patient carrier and being longitudinally spaced from said fulcrum, said means having portions thereof disposed on opposite sides of said patient carrier.

5. A resuscitating see-saw comprising a support which has a fulcrum, a patient carrier rockably supported intermediate its ends on said fulcrum, means coacting with said support and said carrier for raising and lowering the hips of a patient on the carrier in conjunction with rocking motion of the carrier, said hip raising means being disposed above said patient carrier and being longitudinally spaced from said fulcrum, said means having portions thereof disposed on opposite sides of said patient carrier and comprising a U-shaped member having a bight portion and legs, said legs extending loosely through transversely spaced apertures in said patient carrier, and the ends of said legs being pivotally and slidably mounted on said support.

6. A resuscitating see-saw comprising a support which has a fulcrum, a patient carrier having transversely spaced apertures and rockably supported intermediate its ends on said fulcrum, means coacting with said support and said carrier for raising and lowering the hips of a patient on the carrier in conjunction with rocking motion of the carrier, said hip raising means being disposed above said patient carrier and being longitudinally spaced from said fulcrum, said means having portions thereof disposed on opposite sides of said patient carrier and comprising a U-shaped member having a bight portion and legs, said legs extending loosely through said apertures in said patient carrier, said support comprising a pair of spaced parallel posts whose upper ends form said fulcrum, collars slidably disposed on said posts, the ends of said legs being pivotally attached to said collars and slidable therewith, and stops on said posts against which said collars abut during a part of the rocking movement of said carrier.

7. The combination of claim 5, and a plate carried by said bight portion for engaging the abdominal region of a patient on the patient carrier.

8. The combination of claim 5, and a plate for engaging the abdominal region of a patient on the patient carrier, and means pivotally attaching said plate to said bight portion.

2,683,452 McCavic July 13, 1954 

